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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Sunday Sweets is our weekly NON-Wrecks feature, the better to remind you how wrecky the Wrecks are.

Heather R. found this gorgeous Valentine's day wedding cake with a retro vibe:If you're wondering, yes, those are M&Ms! Talk about a tasty alternative to fondant. Yum. (By the eminently talented Dahlia of Dahlia's Custom Cakes.)

And here's an extra special Sweet for Valentines: one that comes with a tutorial so you can make it at home! Believe it or not, this gorgeous box of chocolates (including the chocolates) is actually cake:

As beautiful as this is, it's not nearly as complex to make as you might think. Don't believe me? Then check out Bakerella'sstep-by-step tutorial. And really, you should check out her blog anyway; it's gorgeous.

Very creative. I checked out the directions for the "cake box". I know even if she was standing on top of me, mine would not turn out that wonderful. Some real talent on both bakers part. Sometimes simple is best.

Now these are Sunday Sweets I can really get behind. I wasn't totally on board with that Darth Vader deal last week, but that wedding cake is precious! When I first saw it, it reminded me of cross stitch:)

I would pull off all the M&Ms on my slice and save them for dessert. Then I would shove them in my face all at the same time:)

That M&M technique could be adapted to all kinds of uses. You could use pixelated pictures or cross stitch or other needle work patterns. Very whimsical, very homespun. The box of chocolates cake is to die for. Really , really nice.

I will SO be stealing those ideas! I also thought the M&Ms created a cross-stitch effect. That totally fits with its retro vibe. The chocolates... Eeeeee! Freaking adorable. Which reminds me... I have an awesome cake creation to send you that is also of a Valentine-ish sentiment...

I would have been so much more impressed with the M&M cake if the artist had used the different colors of pink and red to do some anti-aliasing to smooth out the curves in the letters instead of leaving them so binary.

The wedding cake is stunning. It must have taken a huge amount of time and a very steady hand. Its funky and hip, and what could be better when you are young and in love?

The heart shaped box of chocolate cake is actually quite an old idea - theres a version in "Jane Asher's Calendar of Cakes" which was published in the UK about 12 years ago.

I'm not sure about the "And the box of chocolates would be good for a wedding theme, "Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you are going to get." comment - surely one must be fairly certain of your partner by the time theres a need for a wedding cake?

I have to say, if there was one cupcake cake idea I could get behind, I think that the 'box of chocolate' theme lends itself very well to them. (Small round things decorated with more sugary goodness and generally nestled in wax paper.)

The "box of chocolates" cake is pretty, albeit yet another fondant cake, but if I were making it, I'd use actual chocolates rather than go through all the trouble to make little cakes that look like chocolates. Far easier, and in my opinion, far tastier.

The box of chocolates cake is amazing, and the tutorial really doesn't look that terribly hard! Although, honestly, I've done such minimal cake decorating in my life that I worry that it would all be hard for me!

Now the wedding cake, THAT is creative. I can truly say I have never seen a wedding cake like that, and in this day and age I feel like everything's already been "done." It's such a refreshing change

The box of chocolates looks so real. True evidence of artistry at work. I wish I could bake that for a fellow volunteers who's leaving for a new assignment tomorrow. She's a cake fiend and I'm sure she would love it!

I'm in charge of the birthday cake for my friend's Valentine's Day birthday this year and am so going to attempt the "chocolates" cake. However, I'm going to use actual chocolates instead of making cake ones... and I'm thinking I may leave an empty wrapper and cut one piece to look like someone took a bite out of it. Because, you know, it just can't be helped!

so i think dahlia's cakes are great, but did anyone notice on this onehttp://dahliascakes.com/ToolLarger.htmlthat the name is Natan? Think that's a typo? either forgot the H in Nathan or replaced the S with an N in Satan? hehehe reminds me of the church lady on SNL back in the day....

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